Monument record MHG11006 - Urachoile

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 8218 1025 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC81SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish CLYNE

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

(A: NC 8218 1026, B: NC 8221 1024) Hut Circle (NR)
OS 6" map, (1969)

Situated on separate dry knolls towards the base of a general NE-facing slope are two stone-walled huts of different character.
Surveyed at 1:10,560. Visited by OS (R D L) 11 May 1964.

Hut 'A' is well-preserved measuring 10m internal diameter within a wall 0.4m interior height spread to 3m broad all round. Occasional inner facing stones are discernible.
'B' is small and insignificant measuring 4.5m NW-SE by 4m NE-SW internally within a wall spread to 2m all round. No details of construction are exposed. Each hut is entered from SE.
Cultivation is confined to scattered dry rises; not more than 6 clearance heaps can be seen, no measurable field plots.
Revised at 1/10,000. Visited by OS (N K B) 11 May 1964.

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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